NEW DELHI: A new cockroach-themed youth movement has gone viral in India, attracting nearly 23 million followers, after the chief justice’s remarks were widely interpreted as comparing unemployed young people to pests. The Cockroach Janata Party identifies as a “satirical political party,” and its name bears similarity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been in power since 2014.

NEW DELHI (AP) — It began as a satirical online project. Now millions of young Indians are flocking to it as an outlet for their frustration.

The initiative’s viral success was unintentional, reflecting deep-seated frustration among the nation’s youth